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Locality Name:
Lobo Mine, Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 190484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lobo Mine, Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Enargite	Epidote
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Enargite Epidote
Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	23	23	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	23	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	23	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	23	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	23	23	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	23	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	23	23	453
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	23	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	23	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	23	23	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	23	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	23	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	23	14640
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	23	23	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	23	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	23	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	23	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	23	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	23	23	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	23	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	23	23	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	23	23	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	23	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	23	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00004	23	23	23							Yes			Au	207927	Refugio Prospect, Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Refugio	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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